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by defrost 1356 days ago
I would hazard they are asking for file-block sequential downloads from start of file to end, so they can start watching a movie while it is still downloading and be assured that the first parts of the moview are present without gaps ...

This goes against the general cluster inter-peer everybody swaps what they have so far w/out reference to file position for maximising transmission within a swarm design of the torrent protocol.